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Trends for Beginning Readers A Splendid Friend, Indeed (Bloom, Suzanne) Benny and Penny in the Big No-No (Hayes, Geoffrey) Not a Box (Portis, Antoinette) One Boy (Seeger, Laura Vaccaro) Little Mouse Gets Ready (Smith, Jeff) There is a Bird on You Head (Willems, Mo)

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Selection Does the design support the reader? Does the content support the reader? Does the plot support the reader? Do the illustrations support the reader? Does the work as whole engage the reader?

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Levels at AHML Pre-emergent 10 words or less per page Emergent More than 10, with repetition Early-fluent Longer Fluent Very long, or chapter books